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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dudley W. C. Spencer, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Denco, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
Abstract
Surgical/medical tubing and containers are made from an ionomeric modified poly-ether-ester plastic material is used as a substitute for the conventional uses of polyvinyl chloride. The ionomeric modified poly-ether-ester has various advantages which make it particularly suitable for such uses, as well as other uses such as other medical containers, for tubing in food processing and as sheets and films for bacterial and virus exclusion.